Early life interventions to prevent allergy in the offspring: The role of maternal immunization and postnatal mucosal allergen exposure

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-275

  Hansen, Jitka S ^a   Nygaard, Unni C ^a   Lyle, Robert ^b   Lovik, Martinus ^a,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergy; Maternal immunization; Mouse model; Mucosa; Offspring; Prevention; Sensitization; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; MESSENGER RNA; OVALBUMIN;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNIZATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MATERNAL ALLERGEN IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL INTRANASAL ALLERGEN EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; TH2 CELL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICE; OVALBUMIN; PREGNANCY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84857740753     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332963     Document Type: Article

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